"The challenge of biography isn't finding the facts - it's finding the meaning behind them."
傳記的挑戰(zhàn)不在于發(fā)現(xiàn)事實(shí) - 而在于發(fā)現(xiàn)事實(shí)背后的意義。
"We are all the sum of our contradictions - that's what makes biography so fascinating."
我們都是自身矛盾的總和 - 這就是傳記如此迷人的原因。
"A well-written biography is a resurrection of the past."
一部寫(xiě)得很好的傳記是對(duì)過(guò)去的復(fù)活。
"History remembers the dates, but biography remembers the days."
"The biographer's task is to illuminate, not to judge."
傳記作者的任務(wù)是闡明,而不是評(píng)判。
"Great lives are like great novels - they have plot twists, character development, and moments of sheer poetry."
偉大的生命就像偉大的小說(shuō) - 它們有情節(jié)轉(zhuǎn)折、角色發(fā)展和純粹的詩(shī)意時(shí)刻。
"To understand a person, you must walk a mile in their shoes - and then another mile in their thoughts."
要理解一個(gè)人,你必須穿著他們的鞋子走一英里 - 然后在他們的思想中再走一英里。
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
過(guò)去從未死去,它甚至從未過(guò)去。
"Every life is a story worth telling, if only we take the time to listen."
每個(gè)生命都是一個(gè)值得講述的故事,只要我們?cè)敢饣〞r(shí)間去傾聽(tīng)。
"Biography is the most intimate form of history."
傳記是最親密的歷史形式。